Maternal comprehension of two growth monitoring charts in Sri Lanka

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 359-361

  Senanayake, Manouri P ^a   Gunawardena, M K S ^b   Peiris, D S P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b De Soysa Hospital for Women   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Growth monitoring charts; Maternal comprehension; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SRI LANKA; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0030988024     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.76.4.359     Document Type: Article

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